And the winner is...

Yes that's my messy kitchen. For the past week that's where I have been... experimenting with different recipes, trying to perfect my banana chocolate chip muffins for the contest. My first trial was using 2 different flour mixes - one that I have been using as my all purpose gluten free flour and the other was a new one I wanted to try. I made the 2 batches and let my trusty coworkers help judge. It was a landslide win for the flour I have been using. The other flour had masa in it and was too gritty for most people's liking. I had a couple critiques that there was too many chocolate chips in the muffins. (forgot to take pics of the 2 batches)

This week I decided to try using mini chocolate chips instead of the regular ones and a lesser quantity. I was also going to add a little more banana to see what that did. I made a batch Sunday night and from the start something seemed off. I kept rereading the ingredient list and couldn't figure out what it was. I shrugged it off and finished up. A few hours after I was done it dawned on me. I added 2 eggs instead of 1. oops! That batch actually tasted ok but a day later I went back to look at them and this is what I saw.



If you blow the picture up it's easier to see. There's this layer of grease on the top of all the muffins. DISGUSTING! Guess extra eggs is a no go. That night I redid my trial of extra banana and mini chips w/the correct amount of eggs. I also tried sprinkling sugar crystals on the top to see what that did. Gave it a nice coating.

Sugar on top


vs no sugar.


So finally after all of this and much taste testing from others I have decided on a final recipe. I'm going with the latest version with more banana, mini chips, and the sugar coating on top. Entries are submitted this Sunday so wish me luck!